Photos of the Day 09/24

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'Thalera' the koala climbs in his enclosure in the Duisburg Zoo, Germany, on Friday. Juergen Schwarz/AP

Onix, an explosive-sniffing dog, sits during a visit by Colombia's Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera to a military fort in La Macarena in Meta after a successful raid on a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp that killed top rebel military chief Mono Jojoy on Friday. Colombian troops killed FARC's veteran military boss Mono Jojoy, also known as Jorge Suarez Briceno, in a raid on his jungle camp in the Macarena region, striking a major blow against Latin America's oldest insurgency, the government said on Thursday. John Vizcaino/Reuters

Bees on their hive on the rooftop of the Tour d'Argent restaurant overlooking the River Seine in Paris on Friday. For the past several months, the restaurant has installed a group of bee hives on its roof. The honey goes straight into the cuisine of the internationally renowned restaurant below and retails expensively in its shop. Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

A truck transporting garbage burns in Terzigno, near Naples, Italy, early on Friday during a protest against the opening of a new dump site. Salvatore Laporta/AP

A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dressed as the devil attends the closing campaign rally of United Socialist Party of Venezuela in Caracas on Friday. Jorge Silva/Reuters

A memorial with boots, a rifle, and a helmet sits at the base of Guthrie Bell Tower at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky., in honor of 1st Lt. Eric David Yates, a 2008 graduate. Yates, of Rineyville, Ky., died Saturday from injuries received when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in the Zhari district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, according to the US Army. Alex Slitz/Daily News/AP

Toys depicting troops of different nations are seen on a plan for the 'Peace Mission 2010' exercises at the Matybulak military range in southern Kazakhstan on Friday. The exercises are the largest in three years involving the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a six-nation group led by Moscow and Beijing. Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reacts as he speaks during a news conference in New York, on Friday. Bebeto Matthews/AP

Comedian Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report, testifies on Capitol Hill, Washington, on Friday before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law Subcommittee hearing on protecting America's harvest. Alex Brandon/AP

A baby hedgehog walks through grass looking for something to eat on a lawn in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Friday. Michael Probst/AP

Children make cakes during a cooking class at a youth recreation center in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, on Friday. The center conducts several weekend courses for children such as fencing, tae kwon do, dancing and cooking, and has more than 50 students enrolled, local media reported. Sheng Li/Reuters

Sauber Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan is pushed back into the pits during the second practice session of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix at the Marina Bay circuit on Friday. Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters

Spanish soldiers parade during the celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of the first session of Cadiz's bicameral parliament, known as 'Cortes de Cadiz' in San Fernando, Spain, on Friday. Miguel Gomez/AP

During his 37 years as Zimbabwe’s prime minister and president, Robert Mugabe ordered the massacre of thousands of political opponents, ran the country’s economy into the ground, and instilled a culture of political violence and paranoia that will likely long outlast him.